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The Painted Desert
The Painted Desert
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The Painted Desert

1931
1h 19m
Western

Status

Released

Release

1931

Runtime

1h 19m

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Storyline

"BLAZING ACTION"

Western pardners Jeff and Cash find a baby boy in an otherwise deserted emigrants' camp, and clash over which is to be "father." They are still bitterly feuding years later when they own adjacent ranches. Bill, the foundling whom Cash has raised to young manhood, wants to end the feud and extends an olive branch toward Jeff, who now has a lovely daughter. But during a mining venture, the bitterness escalates. Is Bill to be set against his own adoptive father?

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 19m
Jan 18, 1931
Languages
English
Director
Howard Higgin
Howard Higgin
Production
Pathé Exchange
Pathé Exchange
Production Countries
United States of America

Top Cast

25 Cast Members

William Boyd

William Boyd

Bill Holbrook

Helen Twelvetrees

Helen Twelvetrees

Mary Ellen Cameron

William Farnum

William Farnum

Cash Holbrook

J. Farrell MacDonald

J. Farrell MacDonald

Jeff Cameron

Clark Gable

Clark Gable

Rance Brett

Charles Sellon

Charles Sellon

Tonopah

Wade Boteler

Wade Boteler

Bob Carson

Will Walling

Will Walling

Kirby

Hugh Adams

Dynamite

Edmund Breese

Edmund Breese

Judge Matthews

Edward Hearn

Edward Hearn

Tex (as Guy Edward Hearn)

William Le Maire

Denver (as William LeMaire)

Richard Cramer

Richard Cramer

Provney

W.F. Wallace

Extra

Clem Beauchamp

Clem Beauchamp

Miner

George Burton

George Burton

Santa Fe

Cy Clegg

Miner

Edgar Dearing

Edgar Dearing

Buck's Partner

James Donlan

James Donlan

Steve - Ore Wagon #2 Shotgun Rider

Brady Kline

Miner

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